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Hi,
I am new to this site and was wondering if you have any tips for me. I hope I can make this work. I work long hours and crazy shifts.Hi, Shelley7373, and welcome. Just a few questions, so I can see how best to help:
Are you able to eat at work? Drink? Heat up food?Hi, Shelley. Great. I recommend you try the personal version of the Menu Planner application (accessible by clicking on the “My Food Choices” icon in the toolbar above your menu) so that you can select the specific foods that work for you and your family.
Below are some ideas for foods that you can take with you for your day at work. You can prepare them the evening before while you are making dinner. For snacks, you can always drink your meals – carry shakes and hearty soups in containers to work (we have an extensive collection of recipes for both).
•Fresh and dried fruit
•Cut raw vegetables (free: Arugula, Broccoli, Broccoli rabe/raab, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber, Radishes, Spinach, Sprouts, Watercress, Zucchini
•Oven-baked vegetable chips
•Nuts and seeds
•Trail mix combinations of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit
•Sandwiches – good breads with nut butters, hummus and similar spreads, tahini, canned or smoked fish, cheese, homemade “cold cuts” from fresh meats, egg salad, etc.
•Whole grain or Paleo crackers plus any of the above
•Hard-boiled eggs
•Sliced or string cheese
•Cottage cheese
•Yogurt
•Milk (dairy or vegetal), plain or flavored with cocoa powder and a recommended sweetener
•Hearty soup in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. meat or legume, vegetable, whole grain)
•Hearty smoothie/shake in a thermos (2-3 food groups, i.e. fruit/vegetable, dairy/vegan, seeds)
•Edamame or other legume/pulse snacks
•Whole grain or Paleo cereal or granola (cold in small sealable bag, cooked in thermos)
•Canned beans
•Prepared healthy foods in containers – from leftovers or prepared the night or weekend before.
•Homemade whole-food muffins or bars
•Popped grains, i.e. organic popcorn, sorghum, quinoa
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